A KIYOSHI KUROSAWA FILM BEFORE WE VANISH STARRING MASAMI NAGASAWA, RYUHEI MATSUDA MAHIRO TAKASUGI, YURI TSUNEMATSU HIROKI HASEGAWA RUNNING TIME: 2H09 CINEMASCOPE – COLOR – SOUND 7.1 – 129 MIN – JAPAN INTERNATIONAL SALES INTERNATIONAL PRESS World excluding Asia WOLF
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[email protected] SYNOPSIS After going missing for several days, a man named Shinji (Ryuhei Matsuda) mysteriously reappears, acting nothing like his former self. His relationship with his wife Narumi (Masami Nagasawa) had been on the rocks, but now Shinji is calmer and kinder than before, which only serves to exasperate Narumi further. Shinji also has a bizarre new daily routine of strolling around the neighborhood and engaging strangers in deep, conceptual conversations with no apparent purpose. Elsewhere in town, a family is brutally murdered, and journalist Sakurai (Hiroki Hasegawa) begins to investigate the odd circumstances of the killing. As an ominous mood spreads over an otherwise ordinary town, Sakurai and Narumi each try to understand what lies behind the spiraling chaos. One startling discovery leads to another, and they soon realize the psychological and spiritual essence of all humanity is at stake. DIRECTOR INTERVIEW WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TURN “BEFORE WE VANISH”, A WELL-KNOWN THEATRE PLAY IN JAPAN, INTO YOUR NEXT FILM? This film is a largely faithful adaptation of Tomohiro Maekawa’s play.